> I thought high-speed chases were often about getting a dangerous driver off the road. Not all high speed chases are initiated due to reckless driving. Polic

> I thought high-speed chases were often about getting a dangerous driver off the road. Not all high speed chases are initiated due to reckless driving. Police can lookup vehicles by plate and see if the registered owner has any warrants. Police can just be searching for someone with a known warrant. And plenty of people commit some initial crime and then simply flee in the vehicle. > Well yeah—trust cuts both ways. Ironically, I suspect this has more to do with departments more recently terminating chases by policy when the original want isn't a serious crime and where a chase might put other drivers at undue risk. > Just another box for criminals to have next to a police scanner and radar trap detector. In a Hollywood movie, perhaps. In reality, most people who are chased by the police do not have these items in their car nor are they planning to engage in some high tech getaway as part of their premeditated crime. The thing that really calls into question their utility is they offer nothing in identifying the actual driver of the vehicle when the dart was attached. So, you may be able to find an abandoned vehicle, but even if you do and you're fairly sure the registered driver was operating it, you're going to need to do the same detective work as before to determine that beyond a reasonable doubt.